"MoMEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want you to rock me!"

That was the not so sweet music that regaled me last night from a little after 2am on for about 35 minutes. Over the course of the past few months, Eden's occasional waking in the night has increased, first to a couple or few times a week, until finally, in the past two weeks, it has become a nightly event. She has been sick (sinus infection), so I have indulged it, going in and soothing her. However, last night was the night we threw her to the wolves, so to speak.

When she called for me at 2, I poked my head in the room and told her it was time to go back to sleep. She cried that she wanted me to rock her, and I told her no. I covered her back up and walked out. Boy, she didn't like that too much! She spent the better part of the next 35 minutes screaming for me, angrily, before giving up and going back to sleep. Unbelievably, Sadie slept through the entire event.

I'm hopeful that this is the start of better nights for us, because I really, really need me some sleep!

Fall Fun

I haven't been very good at updating lately, I guess because things have just been humming along normally - nothing that has felt particularly noteworthy. I have to keep reminding myself that what seems normal and not-noteworthy now is exactly what I set out to document when I began this journa. So, here goes.

We hosted some fall fun at our house this weekend....a pumpkin-carving party for the neighborhood kids (and parents). The kids carved and/or painted pumpkins and gorged on donuts, caramel apples, and cupcakes while the adults enjoyed hot cider spiked with apple brandy - fun for all! We had about 20+ kids of all ages - it was a lot of fun. It was Amelia's birthday, Marie brought a pinata and called the whole event her birthday party (I like how that woman thinks!). So, the kids were all sugared up and wild. Once it got dark, we all headed over to the neighbor's yard, where he had set up a giant outdoor projection screen. We lit the jack-o-lanterns, munched on kid food (pizza bagels and popcorn) and watched Tim Burton's, The Nightmare Before Christmas. It was truly a great time. I've said it before, and you know I can't pass up on the opportunity to say it again....

Wait for it....

We have the BEST neighborhood!

The kids didn't get to bed until past nine, and it took us quite a while to clean up the yard and get the house back in order, so I didn't get to bed until way later than I would have liked. Eden decided it would be a good idea to wake up in the night last night, so needless to say, I'm sleepy today. But overall it was a great day and worth every sleepy moment today.